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Abstract
Critical thinking has emerged as one of the most essential 21st century skills, a primary goal and a necessary outcome of education, prime importance is given to developing critical thinking skills in students in all aspects of education at the international level. Therefore, Aim: the aimof the current study was to assess faculty staff critical thinking dispositions and skills from their self and student’s perspectives in a selected nursing faculty in Cairo. Design: A descriptive correlational study design was used to achieve the aim of the present study. Setting: This study was conducted at faculty of nursing –Cairo University, which located inside the campus of Cairo University hospitals. Sample: Two samples were included in the study; a convenient sample of 95 faculty staff participants and astratified random sample of 310 of nursing students all over the four academic levels during data collection (2014-2015). Tools: Data were collected by using California critical thinking dispositions inventory scale and Critical thinking skills questionnaire. Results: The results revealed that the faculty staff showed positive disposition toward total critical thinking from their own perception(x̄75.9%) and from student’s perception (x̄73.25%).They had high level of critical thinking skills from their own perception(x-73.15%) compared lower level from students perception (x̄40.83%).They both considered correct use of language as the highest ranked skill .Also, There were significance difference in students versus faculty staff self perception toward their critical thinking disposition (t=7.275, p<0.001) except systematicity and skills (t=7.275, p<0.001)except tendency to evaluate external subjects .Recommendation: The current study recommended that faculty administrators must conduct periodical workshops for improvement of faculty staff critical thinking skills especially junior staff. Also, further studies must be done to explore the importance of critical thinking as an essential skill for faculty staff and its relation to student’s academic achievement and decision making skills.